Root-cause focused care for children and adults with complex chronic health challenges — guided by a MAPS Fellow and long-time educator in neuroimmune and environmentally driven illness.
ABOUT ME
ABOUT ME
Welcome!
I am a holistic minded provider who really understands your journey. My own challenges and those of my family members have given me a strong passion to help others like me.
I am a somewhat unusual Doctor of Chiropractic. I hold a Fellowship with the prestigious Medical Academy of Pediatrics and Special Needs (MAPS), and my work is centered on helping both children and adults uncover the underlying drivers of chronic health challenges.
My approach is root-cause focused. Rather than labeling or treating diagnoses, I work to identify and address the foundational imbalances in the body that may contribute to complex symptom patterns. The goal is always the same: to support the body’s ability to heal, regulate, and function as it was designed to.
For Children
Many families seek care when their child is struggling with symptoms commonly associated with:
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Neurodevelopmental and attention challenges
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Immune system dysregulation
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Chronic inflammation
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Food and environmental sensitivities
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Digestive dysfunction
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Methylation and biochemical imbalances
When a child is diagnosed with a condition such as Autism, Developmental Delays, Sensory Processing Disorders, ADD/ADHD, or PANS/PANDAS, it is devastating for the families. It can feel very hard to find someone who is caring enough and willing to take the time to understand. I offer this compassionate willingness to identify the underlying physiological stressors that often accompany these complex presentations — including gut health, immune resilience, detoxification pathways, and nutritional status. I also help families connect with other providers who can together offer a team approach to best support each person's needs.
For Adults
Adults today are facing an unprecedented burden of chronic illness. I commonly work with individuals experiencing symptoms related to:
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Chronic infections and immune dysfunction
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Mold and environmental toxin exposure
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Gastrointestinal disorders such as IBS, bacterial or fungal overgrowth
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Mast cell activation and inflammatory conditions
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Hormonal and reproductive imbalances
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Autoimmune-related symptoms
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Fatigue, poor resilience, and nervous system overload
Again, the focus is on restoring balance in the systems that allow the body to repair, regulate, and protect itself.
My role is to be a detective of health — looking upstream, asking why symptoms are occurring, and helping patients build a stronger physiological foundation so true healing can take place.
WHY FAMILIES SEEK MY CARE
Families often come to me after a long journey of searching for answers. They have been told symptoms are unrelated, unexplained, or something they simply must live with. Many sense there is an underlying medical reason their child — or they themselves — are struggling, but they have not yet found a provider who looks at the full picture.
They are looking for someone who:
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Looks upstream, not just at symptom labels
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Understands the connection between the immune system, gut, brain, and environment
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Recognizes the role of inflammation, infections, toxins, and metabolic stress
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Takes time to investigate why the body is out of balance
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Works collaboratively with families who want to be active participants in healing
I do not treat diagnoses. Instead, I focus on identifying and addressing the underlying physiological stressors that may contribute to complex symptom patterns. When the body’s systems are better supported, regulation, resilience, and healing become more possible.
My role is to guide families through that process with clinical experience, investigative thinking, and the compassion that comes from having walked this path personally as both a parent and a patient.
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
I began my clinical career in a practice focused on caring for individuals affected by mold illness and environmentally mediated conditions, including toxic metal and chemical exposures. This early work shaped my understanding of how deeply environmental stressors can impact the immune, neurological, and metabolic systems.
For more than a decade, I had the privilege of working in the clinic of Dr. Anju Usman-Singh, MD, in Naperville — an internationally respected leader in the care of children with complex medical and neurodevelopmental presentations. During that time, I gained extensive experience supporting children with multifaceted symptom patterns involving immune dysregulation, inflammation, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and metabolic imbalances that often accompany developmental and learning challenges.
Throughout my career, I have pursued advanced study in the physiological factors that contribute to complex chronic illness, including immune dysfunction, chronic inflammatory responses, mast cell activation, persistent infections, and environmentally triggered illness patterns.
My professional work is also deeply personal. I have navigated these health challenges both as a parent and as a patient with chronic illness. This lived experience allows me to meet families with deeper understanding, compassion, and practical insight into what it truly takes to feel supported and to rebuild health.
I now practice in two locations to better serve families seeking this type of root-cause, systems-based care.
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National University of Health Sciences
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Wheaton College
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MAPS Fellow-Medical Academy of Pediatrics and Special Needs
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Soft Tissue Trained in Active Release Technique, Graston, and Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique
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